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Stalker
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 11, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979, 163 min., 35mm
Russian, with English subtitlesThe Stalker is a man with a burdensome talent: he is the only one who can lead people to an alien terrestrial place known as the Zone, an area with the potential to fulfill one's secret hopes and desires without the trappings of society. But as the Stalker leads an expedition with a writer and a scientist, he faces a crisis.
Part of The Future of the Past: Utopia/Dystopia, 1965-1984.
$5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium). Tickets are available at the museum (with no surcharge) or online. Double features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket.
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Image: Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker (still), 1979; photo courtesy Contemporary Films, UK
